Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Archibald Primary School, Middlesbrough, TS5 4DY10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 7 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £4,658
Pay scale
- SCP14
What skills and experience we're looking for
HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT
Archibald Pre-School – 2 Year Old Provision
Required for September 2025
Hours: 7 hours per week
Term time plus 1 week
Scale Point 14
Actual salary £4,658
As a HLTA, you will lead a team of teaching assistants in Archibald 2 Year Old Provision as part of the Early Years Foundation Stage Team. You will play an important part in helping children to get the most out of their learning. The main feature of your role will be to support individuals and groups of children with day to day learning and play both in, and outside the classroom. In addition, you will lead the team of teaching assistants in organising the environment. Daily tasks may include:
- setting up equipment and getting things ready for sessions.
- helping children who need extra support to complete tasks.
- listening to children, reading to them or telling stories .
- comforting and caring for children if they have an accident or are upset.
- maintaining records.
- undertaking observations of children and recording the outcomes.
- completing admission forms with new families
We are looking for people who have a genuine interest in working with children; are interested in their development and learning and have good organisational and communication skills.
We offer a lively, inclusive learning environment. Our school ethos is one of commitment to the education of the whole child, fostering community involvement and nurturing a sense of belonging. We believe that everyone can achieve.
This school is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all and ensuring that all stages of the recruitment and selection process are free from unlawful discrimination and bias. Recruitment and selection procedures may be monitored to ensure that applicants are not being discriminated against on the grounds of any protected characteristic; sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. We have a robust Child Protection Policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment with the Trust. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children.
An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates, on information available in the public domain.
We have a strong team of very skilled staff who work in partnership with Governors, parents and carers. If you are interested in the position and want to find out more, please contact the school office (01642 804101) to arrange a visit. Following the Easter holiday, the school office will be open from Monday 28 April.
Application forms are available from the school website www.archibaldpri.org.uk or the school office by contacting 01642 804101. Completed application forms should be returned to Mrs A Jefferies, Headteacher, Archibald Primary School, Ayresome Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 4DY or by email to office@archibaldschool.org.uk.
Archibald Primary School is an Endeavour Academies Trust school.
Closing Date: 6 May 2025
Interview Date: 23 May 2025
What the school offers its staff
Annual flu vaccination for all staff
Employee Assistance Programme
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@archibaldschool.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Archibald Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 502 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Archibald Primary School website
- Email address
- office@archibaldschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01642 804101
Arranging a visit to Archibald Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@archibaldschool.org.uk.
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